This review discusses the analysis of whole-community phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA)
profiles and the composition of lipopolysaccharides in order to assess the microbial biomass …

Agricultural ecosystems can be described by many different variables that include soil
chemical, physical, and biological data. Whilst most of the chemical and physical properties …

The biodiversity of microbial communities has important implications for the stability and
functioning of ecosystem processes. Yet, very little is known about the environmental factors …

Aim Growing attention has been focused on the changes in the structure and diversity of
microbial communities under altered precipitation pattern, but little is known about how this …

Fatty acid profiling is a popular method for characterizing microbial communities of natural
systems. Direct extraction of microbial fatty acids in situ would be useful compared with …

Aim Although patterns are emerging for macroorganisms, we have limited understanding of
the factors determining soil microbial community composition and productivity at large …

Phyllosphere microbial communities were evaluated on leaves of field-grown plant species
by culture-dependent and-independent methods. Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis …

Here we report on a range of studies designed to understand the link between diversity and
function in soils and in particular how plants and fertilisers might interact with microbial …

In this study we used compound specific 13C and 14C isotopic signatures to determine the
degree to which recent plant material and older soil organic matter (SOM) served as carbon …

Global and regional climate models predict higher air temperature and less frequent, but
larger precipitation events in arid regions within the next century. While many studies have …